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runty
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective runty has 2 senses
- runty(s = adj.all) pint-size, pint-sized, sawed-off, sawn-off - well below average height; Array Derived forms noun runt1, noun runtiness1
- runty(s = adj.all) puny, shrimpy - (used especially of persons) of inferior size; Array Derived forms noun runt1, noun runtiness1
THESAURUS
runty
Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, couchant, crouched, debased, depressed, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elfin, flat, incipient, knee-high, knocked flat, laid low, low, low-built, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-statured, meager, midget, nanoid, neap, prone, pygmy, recumbent, rudimental, rudimentary, scraggy, scrubby, short, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, squat, squatty, stooped, stumpy, stunt, stunted, supine, undersize, undersized, unelevated, wizened
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